Le Brusquet

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Le Brusquet

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Le Brusquet
Coordinates: 44°09′42″N 6°18′37″E / 44.1617°N 6.3103°E / 44.1617; 6.3103Coordinates: 44°09′42″N 6°18′37″E / 44.1617°N 6.3103°E / 44.1617; 6.3103
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Digne-les-Bains
Canton La Javie
Intercommunality Haute Bléone
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Yves Roux
Area
  Land1 22.25 km2 (8.59 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 976
  Population2 Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 04036 / 04420
Elevation 694–1,550 m (2,277–5,085 ft)
(avg. 775 m or 2,543 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Brusquet is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

The Bléone flows southwest through the middle of the commune and forms part of its southwestern border.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1765 493    
1793 527+6.9%
1800 509−3.4%
1806 476−6.5%
1821 570+19.7%
1831 621+8.9%
1836 599−3.5%
1841 622+3.8%
1846 585−5.9%
1851 568−2.9%
1856 488−14.1%
1861 500+2.5%
1866 484−3.2%
1872 486+0.4%
1876 485−0.2%
1881 461−4.9%
1886 401−13.0%
1891 375−6.5%
1896 372−0.8%
1901 364−2.2%
1906 375+3.0%
1911 339−9.6%
1921 301−11.2%
1926 236−21.6%
1931 288+22.0%
1936 235−18.4%
1946 231−1.7%
1954 220−4.8%
1962 235+6.8%
1968 264+12.3%
1975 330+25.0%
1982 585+77.3%
1990 787+34.5%
1999 966+22.7%
2008 976+1.0%

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References

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